Beef Morcon

Filipino Style Recipe: beef morcon is a special meat roll dish that usually served during Holidays or any special occasion. Normally the meat rolls stuffed with sausages, carrots, pickles and hard-boiled eggs then cooked until tender.

Estimated time of preparation: 20 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 80 minutes
Good for 6-8 servings

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Pound the meat using meat pounder to help the meat to become tender easily.
2. In a bowl, marinate meat in calamansi juice, soy sauce, salt and pepper for 3 hours. Reserve marinade.
3. Flatten meat and arrange the filling over the meat.
4. Roll the meat with the filling inside and secure with a thread or string. Repeat for remaining slices.

Part 2(Optional)
1. Dredge the meat in flour until coat evenly.
2. In a frying pan, heat oil and fry the meat until brown.

Part 3
1. In a pot, arrange meat, bay leaves, tomato paste, liver spread, marinade, beef stock salt and pepper.
2. Simmer for at least 1 hours or until the beef is tender.(Cook in pressure cooker takes 20 minutes).
3. Slice the beef morcon and arrange on a platter then pour the sauce on top. Serve hot!

Notes:
You may also used pork fat, pickles or cheddar cheese as alternative filling.